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CVE-2008-3534

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3534 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before version 2.6.26.1, impacting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. Local users can trigger a system crash through a specific sequence of file operations due to improper handling of "useless pages" and the i_blocks count. With a CVSS score of 4.9, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and having a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low likelihood of exploitation in the wild.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.26.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3534Low

kernel: tmpfs: fix kernel BUG in shmem_delete_inode

Jul 26, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
lkml.org / lkml/2008/7/26/71
ExploitThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31881
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32190
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32393
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44489
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1636
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/31134
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-659-1
Third Party Advisory